The last minstrels [[electronic resource] ] : Yeats and the revival of the bardic arts / / Ronald Schuchard

• Autore: Schuchard Ronald
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (474 p.)
• Disciplina: 821/.8
• Soggetto topico: Bards and bardism in literature; English poetry - Celtic influences
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-424) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. Bardic Forefathers; 2. London Minstrels; 3. Dublin Minstrels; 4. Minstrels and Masquers; 5. Dancers and Choruses; 6. A Spiritual Democracy; 7. Minstrel Abroad; 8. "As Regarding Rhythm": Minstrels and Imagists; 9. Minstrels and Moderns; 10. The Last Minstrel; Appendix 1. Florence Farr, "The Chanting of Poems" (1905); Appendix 2. Florence Farr, "Music in Words" (1906); Appendix 3. Edmund Dulac, "Music and Poetry" (1937); Selected Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Recovering a lost literary movement that was the most consuming preoccupation of W. B. Yeats's literary life, Ronald Schuchard's book provides an historical, biographical, and critical reconstruction of the poet's attempt to restore an oral tradition by reviving the bardic arts of chanting and musical speech. - ;Recovering a lost literary movement that was the most consuming preoccupation of W. B. Yeats's literary life and the most integral to his poetry and drama, Ronald Schuchard's The Last Minstrels provides an historical, biographical, and critical reconstruction of the poet's lifelong att
• Titolo autorizzato: The last minstrels
• ISBN: 1-281-34125-8; 9786611341251; 0-19-152806-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451533103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II